Improvement in chairs and lounges



chant %iain anni @fitte Letters Patent No. 109,202, dated November 15, 18,70.

IMPROVEMENI IN` CHAIRS AND LOUNGES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl; of the same.

To all whoml fit may concern Be it known that I, Enwann HAGAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Combined Chair and Lounge; and Ido ,hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing ibi-ming a part of this specication. y

rlhis invention 4consists' principally in combining, with the ordinary seat that is slid out to form a lounge, an extra seat that is covered by the sliding seat when used as a chair, and is raised to the level of thesaine when extended to forni a lounge, by the saine operation that lowers the back' of the chair. I

` It also consists ina novel arrangement of the arms of the chair, and in peculiar' construction and arrangement of details for eiieeting the change from chair to lounge, and rice tersa.

ln the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a central vertical longitudinal section of my combined chair andlou of a chair;

Figure 2 is aplan view of the saine, showing one of the arms removed Figure 3, a similar section toiig. l, showing it in the form of a lounge; and

Figure 4 is a transverse detail' section of the arm and` frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspoiuling parts in the several figures. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation -with reference to the drawing The frame oi' the chair is composed of two sideframes, A a a, and two cross-pieces or braces, B B.

Each ol the side pieces consist ot' two legs, a 11,0011- nectedat their upper ends by a side piece, A, cxtending vertically through which is a slot, c, which also extends some distance in a longitudinal direction, and opens into a recess, b.

nge, showingit in the form This recess yb ext-ends longitudinally in the upper portion of the said arin,and its upper edge is recessed, as shown at 7,1, where the slot o opens into it, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

llhese recesses are enlarged at their rear ends to give play to bent levers l." l", which are attached te the baelr of the chair.

The extensible seat (l slides in these recesses, and is prevented from heilig entirely withdrawn by a stop, c, which is'attached tothe inside of the arms A, near their front ends, in an outwardly-inclined manner.

livoted to the rear cross-brace Bis aprop, I, which forms a support for the back D, when used as a chair,

and for the-rear end ofthe extra seat E, when used y as a lounge.

lhe extensible seat C is of ordina-ry form, provided with two legs, d d, which support the front thereof when extended, the hack being supported by the bottoms of Athe recesses in the frame of the chair, and, when not extended, these legs'fit between the front lcgs of the 'chair'. v

On the under side of' the rear portion of this seat, on each edge thereof, is a projection which forms a rest for the rear of the seat when used as a chair, and which, when the scat is extended, formsa stop to prevent it from heilig drawn too far ont.

lhe bael; l) is pivoted tothe rear of the frame by screws, h li., one ot which passes through cach ot' the side pieces ot' the frame into the back, which has rigidly secured to its lower portion, o n each'Y side thereof, a bent lever, F, the middle portion ot' which is notched to receive and support the projection g ot' the scati and the ends are pivoted one on each side of the extra seat E.

The chair-arms G have their upper ends pivoted to legs j, which are attached to the back of the c hair by a pivot, fi, and the lower portions of the arms have blade-like projections, s s, attached thereto, which are inserted into the slots c c, and prevented from slipping out by pins j j, that are passed transversely through them under the recessed edge le, ofthe recess b, as shown more particularly in fig. 4.

Having described the construction of the combined chair and lounge, I will now describe its operation.

To convert the chair into a lounge, the extensible seat C is iirst drawn out uiitil `the projection g on its under side comes in contact with the stop c the haelt is then lowered, which, by means of its levers F, heilig connected with the extra seat, raises the rear portion of the same, and simultaneously forces ,the seat forvward,so that its inclined front will be forced up the inclined stop e, thereby raising the front of the seat, the inclined front of which then rests on the rearwardly-iuclined baclr oi' the-extensible seat G, and the rear is supported by the prop I, which drops into position as soon as the seat is raised.

In order to recouvert the lounge to a `chair, the prop I is first removed from the back of the extra seat E, and the back is then raised, which also lowers and draws back the said seat E, and the prop I supports the back.

The extensible seat C is new pushed in till the projections g g rest in the notches in the levers F F.

The seats and back are cushioned in the usual manner.

Vhat I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the hack D, extensible seat C, and extra, rising and falling seat E, substantially as described.

2. The arms G G pivoted to the back 1),111111 ma ranged to slide in or on the side pieces A A of the frzune, as herein set fort-h.

3. The bent and notched levers F attached to the back of the chair, in combination wit-h the extra seat C, substantially :is and for the purposes herein set forth.

j 4. The prop I, in combination with the back D and extra seat'E, substantially as herein set forth.- EDWARD HAGAN. Witnesses FRED. HAYNES, R. E. RABEAU. 

